98 Accidence [§§ 209-10
arbl-numja, heir; arbja,heir; baurgja»citizen; banđja, prisoner; faúra-gaggja,governor; &skja,físher; fráuja, master; gasínþja, companion; gudja, priest; baúrnja, horn-blower; nēhrundja, neighbour; swlglja, piper; timrja, carpenter; warđja, guard; wilja, will. See § 158 note.
ga.vfSíúrst'wa.fellow-worker·, skuggwa, mirror; sparwa, sparrow.
NOTE.—aba, man, has in the gen. pi. abnē, dat pi. abnam; and aúhsa, ox, has in the gen. pi. aúhsnē. See § 206.
§ 20Θ. SING. PLUR.
Nom. manna, man mans, mannans
Ace. mannan mans, mannans
Gen. mans mannē
Dat. maim mannam
manna generalized the weak stem-form man-η- which originally belonged only to the gen. dat. sing, and to all forms of the pi. except the nom. (§ 206), cp. the similar levelling in Latin in caro, flesh, ace. carnem, gen. carnis, dat. carnī, nom. pi. carnēs, beside homo, man, hominem, hominis, hominī, nom. pi. homines. Sing. nom. manna for *mana; ace. mannan for *manan; gen. mans from
*man-n-iz, for *manlns, dat. mann from *manni, for
*manin; PI. nom. mannans for *manans from *mananiz, mans from *man-n-iz, gen. mannē like aúhsnē (§ 20β), dat. mannam formed like han-am (§ 207). The ace. pi. is the nom. used for the accusative. In the gen. sing. and nom. ace. pi. the -nnz was simplified to -ns after the loss of the -i- (§158 note).
§ 210. b. Feminines.
SING.
Nom. tuggō, tongue manage!, multitude
Ace. tuggōn managein
Gen. tuggōns manageins
Dat. tuggōn managein